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High School “Super Mathematician” Competition,
Math Musical and MATC Student
“PIe” Eating Contest Featured in Mathematics Awareness Month
Celebration
WHAT:
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To recognize Mathematics Awareness Month
this April, the faculty of Madison Area Technical College’s
(MATC) Mathematics Department is hosting a morning filled
with knowledge, competition, music and food – all designed
to interest local high school and MATC students in the fun,
challenge and importance of mathematics.
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WHO:
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125 high school and MATC students, MATC mathematics faculty
and other staff will participate, including competitors from
10 area high schools who have qualified for the final round
of “Who Wants to Be a Super Mathematician?”.
The finalists are from the following high schools:
Arrowhead, Edgewood, Madison East, Madison Memorial, Madison
West, Malcolm Shabazz, Marquette University, Reedsburg,
Rufus King and Waunakee.
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WHERE:
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MATC Truax, 3550 Anderson Street, Madison, WI
Mitby Theater, Cafeteria (129D) and Student Lounge (142) |
WHEN:
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Friday, April 7, 8:30 am to 1 pm
8:30 am • Welcome – Dr. Bettsey Barhorst, MATC
President, Mitby Theater 8:35 am • “Invariant-Based
Face Recognition” Professor
Nigel Boston, UW—Madison, graduate of Cambridge and
Harvard Universities, will discuss how computers automatically
recognize faces and how this technology is important
in homeland and other security efforts.
9:30 am • “Who Wants to Be a Super
Mathematician Competition” – 10
high school students compete in the finals by answering pre-calculus questions.
Top prize is $1,000! Mitby Theater
11 am • “Math Morsels and Mayhem,” a
musical celebrating five famous mathematicians and their discoveries, performed
by Marquette University High
School students. Mitby Theater
Noon • PIe Eating Contest – high school
students will cheer MATC students as they devour pies baked by MATC’s
Baking and Pastry Arts Program students – all
in honor of the symbol for the mathematical constant “PI,” or
3.14, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Cafeteria
(129D)
12:15 pm • Lunch and MATC Jazz Ensemble – Cafeteria
(129B&C) |
PARKING NOTE:
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For nearby access to the Mitby Theater, please park in
the gated Visitor Lot located in the main parking lot on
Wright Street. Push the button and let the attendant know
you are here to cover Mathematics Awareness Month. For nearby
access to the Cafeteria, please call 246-6127 or 6921 to
reserve parking.
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Modified:
April 4, 2006
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